Borussia Dortmund, established in the year of our Lord 1909, find their dwelling at the Signal Iduna Park in the land of Germany. They're of good standing there, having carved out a solid countryside on the global football map.
At present, an assessment of Borussia Dortmund's team would reveal a combined market value somewhere in the region of £364 million, or so say the assessors at Transfermarkt.
Borussia Dortmund command a regiment of 23 players, all meeting together at an average age of 26. There's strength in moderate youth, as they say, and Dortmund are making a decent fist of proving it.
This season, they've found themselves embroiled in no less than three competitions of repute. The Bundesliga finds them nipping at the heels of the leader, bloodying their nose in second place. Meanwhile, their dance with the DFB-Pokal has seen them prance into the Second Round much to their rivals' chagrin. They've also flexed their continental muscles by partaking in the League Phase of the Champions League, a tournament known affectionately to us as the lifeblood of European football.
